"Kobzar" in the illustrations NI Tkachenko, 1911
 

Here are some illustrations of the artist NI Tkachenko to a rare edition of the Kobzar Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian language. Publications Yakovenko (amended V. DOMANICZKY). Petersburg. Printing YN Ehrlich. 1911.
Tkachenko, Nikolai Ivanovich (1866 - 19 -?), Artist, book illustrations. Irregular Academy of Fine Arts from 1890 to 1895 October 28, 1895 - the title of class artist of 3 degrees. (Kondakov)
It is well known for the second cycle of illustrations for "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanki" Gogol created by the artist, together with Samuel Martynovich Dudin (1863-1929) famous for the St. Petersburg publisher Alfred Devriena Fedorovich (1842 - after 1918), saw the light in 1911 .

I met him only once on the work of the Four Corners ... the rare artist
http://korners.com.ua/russian/painters/484

In his short biography, not even mentioned on the illustrations for "Taras", just on my hands this book in 1911.
Can anyone have more detailed biography of the artist.